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2008 Community Service Events
About the USO: For more than 65 years, the USO (United Service Organizations) has been providing morale, welfare and recreational services to U.S. military personnel and their families. The USO is a nonprofit, charitable organization, relying on the generosity of the American people to support its programs and services. Contact Amy Anda at asmcdcvolunteer@yahoo.com or (202) 271-8646 for chapter community service events.
2007 October 20th: Volunteers from the ASMC Washington Chapter at Ft. Belvoir put together USO care packages for troops serving overseas. About the USO: For more than 65 years, the USO (United Service Organizations) has been providing morale, welfare and recreational services to U.S. military personnel and their families. The USO is a nonprofit, charitable organization, relying on the generosity of the American people to support its programs and services. August 25th: Support of USO Activities
On August 25th, volunteers from the ASMC Washington Chapter descended on the USO Care Package warehouse on Ft. Belvoir for a fun and rewarding day of community service. Together with other volunteers from several other area organizations, ASMC Washington Chapter volunteers put together 15,000 USO care packages in less than five hours for troops serving overseas. Special thanks to Amy Anda, Susan Huffaker, and Shirley Simpkins for taking time to make a difference and represent the ASMC Washington Chapter so well.
August 15th: School Supply Drive The ASMC Washington Chapter collected school supplies for needy local students at the August ASMC Luncheon on 15 AUG 07.
Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC) Volunteers helped sort donated canned
food and dry food items at the
Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC) on Saturday and Sunday afternoon,
May 12th and 13th.
Join fellow ASMC members for the 12th Annual Hands on DC Work-a-thon. The ASMC Volunteer Team will helped paint, landscape, and improve the condition of one of the District’s more than 150 schools during this annual one-day work-a-thon. For additional information, please contact Amy Anda at asmcdcvolunteer@yahoo.com Canstruction Volunteers are needed from approximately 9 AM to
noon on Sunday, April 15th to help de-construct
Canstruction, a fun design
competition where architecture teams build imaginative, humorous structures
entirely out of canned goods. The exhibit at Ballston Common Mall in Arlington,
VA (Metro: Orange Line/Ballston) will be deconstructed with the canned goods
benefiting the Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC). The deadline for
volunteer sign-up is quickly approaching 2007 Books and Bunnies Project It’s time again for our annual "Books and Bunnies" Project! Please bring new books or stuffed animals (appropriate for elementary-age children) to the monthly luncheon on Friday, February 16th and to the ASMC National Capital Regional (NCR) Mini-PDI on Thursday, March 15th. All items collected will be distributed to children staying in area hospitals this spring.
2006 Past Opportunities & Events Annual ASMC “No Holiday For Hunger” Food Drive: Canned food and non-perishable items were collected at the November Luncheon and at the Holiday Social. Donations, many of them from the list of the most-needed items below, benefit the Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB). CAFB is the largest, public nonprofit hunger and nutrition education resource in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. Each year the CAFB distributes 20 million pounds of food, including 6 million pounds of fresh produce through over 700 member agencies.
Capital Area Food Bank: ASMC members worked an exciting hands-on volunteer project at the Capital Area Food Bank (645 Taylor St., NE; Washington, DC) on Wednesday, February 22nd from 6:30-8:30 PM. ASMC volunteers helped sort and repackage food for needy adults, children, and families. This was a great opportunity for members to socialize and network while also giving back to the community. For more information, please contact Amy Anda at asmcdcvolunteer@yahoo.com Annual Bunnies & Books Drive: New stuffed animals and/or books (appropriate for elementary-age children) were collected at the monthly luncheon on February 8, 2006. All donated items were distributed in March and early April to children staying at local children’s hospitals. For more information, please contact Amy Anda at asmcdcvolunteer@yahoo.com. Saturday, April 29th, 2006
January 16, 2004 Community Service Report First let me tell you about the things we already did, and then some exiting new programs we are undertaking in the next 3 months. As you know we collected food for Carpenter’s Shelter and Toys for Tots at our Holiday Social in December. The Shelter thanked us profusely for the food we donated. Please see the complete report on Toys for Tots distribution to the children of Pentagon cleaning crews in the Chapter Photo Album. When I mentioned to one of our members that we were buying books for the children because many needed help with reading and English, he offered to teach the parents English as a Second Language. So that is one of our newest community service project. We are setting put one or possibly more classes since there are three companies, to teach English. We already have several volunteers willing to teach or willing to learn to teach. The companies will let us use their locker rooms for the classroom. We anticipate that the class will either be in the late afternoon so as to be at the end of the shift of the day crews and before the shift of the night crews. Another alternative may be around lunch time. If we can, will get donated books, or if we have to buy the supplies, I’m sure the Chapter will provide the funds either in whole or in part. More on this later as details are worked out. We will, as usual collect stuffed animals for our “Bunnies for Babies” project both at the February luncheon and the mini-PDI in March. These are given to children who are sick or hospitalized around Easter at the Service hospitals or clinics in the metro-DC area. In addition, we are joining in the community service project that the Association of Government Accounts organized in conjunction with the Mt. Vernon Chapter of ASMC and the Alexandria Chapter of the American Red Cross. We will be providing “Presents for Patients.” When service personnel are injured in our wars, especially in Iraq and Afghanistan and flown to either Walter Reed or Bethesda Naval hospitals, they do not get to bring their personal belongings with them. So we will be collecting the following items or anything that compares to them: telephone cards, note cards & stamps, disposable cameras, and electric razors. Items need to be new. Please bring them to the February Luncheon or to the mini-PDI. Or send me an email and we’ll make arrangements to pick them up at other locations. This project was started by Mr. James Davis of the Army Audit Agency. His brother was in Iraq just before the holidays. Although he has safely returned since, the project will go forward, and we will appreciate your help and contributions. Clara Weston, November 26, 2003 Thanks to all the members who brought food to the November luncheon and donated funds. We donated it all to the Carpenter's Shelter in Alexandria. In addition to the food and a $25.00 Giant Food gift card, I received $76.00 which we used to purchase many of the food items on the shelter's list of "Specific Continuing Needs" and bought another $20 gift card. Thanks also to our members in the Coast Guard who took the contributions with them until I came back from a family emergency. The Shelter's thanks is included below. Anyone who has not yet decided to complete their pledge to the Combined Federal Campaign, can designate the Carpenter's Shelter for all or part of their donation by designating agency 8228. But don't just take my word for what a great organization this is, visit their website: www.carpentersshelter.org This would reinforce our commitment to serving our community and help the Shelter a great deal. Enjoy Thanksgiving with your families and friends, and get ready to help with Toys for Tots collection at the Holiday Social and distribution in the Pentagon in December. Clara Weston, Community Service Chair
October 17, 2003
We were privileged to work with these professionals and to be able to honor their memory through this donation. Click on picture to enlarge, then use the browser "Back" button to return.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The Pentagon Memorial Team officially welcomed Centex Lee LLC as the design-build team responsible for completing the Pentagon Memorial Project on August 15, 2003. The Memorial Fund has received $369,000 in donations, but it will cost $1.5 million to begin the project. The entire project will cost $11.5 million to complete. For more information on the Pentagon Memorial: http://memorial.pentagon.mil
June 30, 2003
In response to the Chapter's
donation, Carpenter's
Shelter sent this nice
Thank-you. March/April
2003 Clara Weston's report with pictures of the Bunnies for Babies distribution is posted in the Chapter Photo Album.] March 8, 2003 [Clara Weston's report with pictures of the H4H Community Service event on March 8th is posted in the Chapter Photo Album.]
On Saturday, March 8th, ASMC will join forces with Northern Virginia H4H to work on another project. ASMC participation is restricted. Volunteers which will be accepted on first come, first served basis. All volunteers must be over the age of 16 to participate. Contact Clara Weston to volunteer! After you have verified your
attendance with Clara download this packet
Thanks for your interest and service. POC: Food items that were donated by Chapter members at our Holiday Social were given to the  
Their letter thanking the Chapter
October 26, 2002
On Saturday, October 26th, ASMC will join forces with Northern Virginia H4H to work on the Stevenson Street project. ASMC participation is restricted to 15 volunteers which will be accepted on first come, first served basis. All volunteers must be over the age of 16 to participate. What is Habitat? H4H is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry dedicated to eliminating substandard housing and homelessness worldwide and to making adequate, affordable shelter a matter of conscience and action. Habitat invites people from all faiths and walks of life to work together in partnership, building houses with families in need. Habitat has built 60,000+ houses around the world providing more than 300,000 people with safe, decent, affordable shelter. Habitat homes are sold to partner families at not profit and financed with affordable, no-interest loans. Monthly mortgage payments are recycled into a revolving fund used to build additional homes. More information is available at http://www.hfhnv.org. What would I be doing? Depending on the stage of construction, you might be called upon to tackle any aspect of home building. Volunteers receive instruction and coaching from experienced H4H volunteers. No particular construction skills are necessary although they are welcome. In the past, ASMC volunteers have installed and taped dry wall, hung doors and windows, done preliminary roof work, painted, hammer, cleaned - you name it. Volunteers are asked to arrive at 4161 Stevenson Street in Fairfax at 8:30 a.m. for sign-in and other administrative details. Please be on time, the work-site will close at 9:30 a.m. Please download and bring the liability waiver with you to the work site. HFHNV expects everyone to commit to working an entire day unless there is an emergency or other pre-arrangements. Work will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. Please visit mapquest.com for directions to the site. Parking sites are listed on the H4H website, hfhnv.org. Volunteers should wear weather appropriate clothing. Since we will be on an open field initially, everyone should use sunscreen and wear some kind of head covering. What should I bring? Volunteers should wear work clothes. Work boots or thick-soled tennis shoes are recommended – no open toed sandals are allowed on site. Tools and gloves are provide, but you may bring your own as well. Ladies - bring gloves if you've got them as most on site are for large hands. Habitat will provide water, lunch and restrooms. How do I sign up? Clara Weston
June 2002 [Clara Weston's report with pictures of the ASMC / Points of Light partnership Community Service event on June 20th is posted in the Chapter Photo Album.] ASMC Members, The memo below from ASMC National HQ discusses the partnership between ASMC and the Points of Light Foundation to honor victims of the September 11th attacks through community service projects in their name and asks Washington Chapter to participate. I spoke at length with Ms. Jean Berg of the Arlington Volunteer Center yesterday. The June 20th event is an actual two hour (9:30 to 11:30) community service project and not a meeting. They plan to sort and stack food for the Arlington food bank and build shelving, sort clothing for size and put it on the new shelving, and build chicken wire storage areas for folks who use the shelter.
The challenges include no parking close by and that this is during the middle of the work day. I will be driving my van that can take 5 other volunteers and some tools. This facility is in an industrial area of Shirlington. Other events will be scheduled at future, yet undetermined times and places. If you can spare about 3 hours on the morning of 20 June, please let me know by email or phone, so I can arrange for transportation. I would at least like to fill my van with volunteers. We would also like one photographer, or at least the camera for this event. Clara.Weston@hqda.army.mil (703) 692-7866 Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- June 6, 2002 Memorandum for Washington and
Mt Vernon Chapters, ASMC
During the National Council meeting at the ASMC Professional
Development Institute, General McCall announced that ASMC
had entered a partnership with the Points
of Light Foundation, a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit
organization for the purpose of supporting the Unity
in Spirit of America Initiative. The purpose of this
initiative is to honor victims of the September 11th attacks
through community service projects in their name. As you
know, ASMC lost fourteen members in the Pentagon attack and
we are looking for ways to pay tribute to their memory. MAY 2002 At our Luncheon on May 15, 2002 we will be collecting items that are on the wish list of the Carpenter’s Shelter in Alexandria, VA. Please bring any of these items to the luncheon or drop them off in Room 3D349 in the Pentagon. Items in bold type are especially needed at this time, but anything on this list or related items are welcome and will help. If you prefer to contribute funds please make checks payable to ASMC. Corporate donations are also greatly appreciated.
Special Volunteer Needs GED Tutors: Weekday Evenings
Activity Volunteers: Check
out their web site at:
http://www.carpentersshelter.org/ FEBRUARY and MARCH 2002
On Saturday, February 2nd, ASMC will join forces with Northern Virginia H4H to continue work on a multi townhome project on Stevenson Street in Fairfax. Construction is well under way with trusses and roof sheathing installed in November, windows in December and HVAC, electricity and plumbing in January. All work on the 2nd will be done inside and away from the elements. ASMC participation is restricted to 20 volunteers which will be accepted on first come, first served basis. All volunteers must be over the age of 16 to participate. What is Habitat? H4H is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry dedicated to eliminating substandard housing and homelessness worldwide and to making adequate, affordable shelter a matter of conscience and action. Habitat invites people from all faiths and walks of life to work together in partnership, building houses with families in need. Habitat has built 60,000+ houses around the world providing more than 300,000 people with safe, decent, affordable shelter. Habitat homes are sold to partner families at not profit and financed with affordable, no-interest loans. Monthly mortgage payments are recycled into a revolving fund used to build additional homes. More information is available at www.hfh.org. What would I be doing? Depending on the stage of construction, you might be called upon to tackle any aspect of home building. Volunteers receive instruction and coaching from experienced H4H volunteers. No particular construction skills are necessary although they are welcome. In the past, ASMC volunteers have installed and taped dry wall, hung doors and windows, done preliminary roof work, painted, hammer, cleaned - you name it. Volunteers should plan to arrive at 8:30 as work begins at 9:00 and continues until 4:00. What should I bring? Volunteers should wear warm work clothes and boots or sturdy shoes to the work site. Tools and gloves are provide, but you may bring your own as well. Ladies - bring gloves if you've got them as most on site are for large hands. Habitat will provide water, lunch and restrooms. How do I sign up? Shannon Kentner Driving and Parking Directions for Stevenson Street
We have four firms that do cleaning work in the Pentagon. They are Chimes, Tri-Ark Industries, Patriarch Inc. and DidLake Inc. All four have been contacted and we have their location, POC and Holiday Party information. The cleaning firms have trucks that can be used inside the building to move toys from the sorting to the distribution area. They have agreed to help and make their trucks and drivers available for this project. We need members who can donate several hours, on the 19th and 20th to sort the toys we picked up from the Marine Corps on the 18th into age/sex groups and match them to the labels for each child. Need 15 - 20 folks in the Pentagon who don't need escorts or who work in pairs with a person who can escort. Need one or two photographers who can take pictures of toys arriving, and the workers sorting the toys, and on the 21st when the toys are delivered to the parents. Need three teams of at least two each on the 21st to go with the toys to each firm and participate in distributing the toys and take pictures of the employees receiving the toys. Need at least three cameras, probably disposables work best for this, but I'll leave that up to the Chapter Photographers. Contact:
Spring 2001
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AUGUST
- Join the ASMC Washington Chapter on Saturday, August 9th from 9 AM to 3
PM at Ft. Belvoir as we put together USO care packages for troops serving
overseas. No experience is required - just a desire to help and have fun.
Breakfast and lunch are provided and prospective members, family, and friends
are invited (Note: All volunteers must be at least 13 years old). Space is
very limited - RSVP to asmcdcvolunteer@yahoo.com no later than Friday, July
11th.
Due to lack of Chapter member response!
the
monthly
Habitat for Humanity memo to Volunteers
This
facility actually serves and served those who lost their
jobs and housing immediately after September 11, who used to
work at the airport, tourist industries and so forth.
Obtain
and distribute Toys to the children of the firms that
provide cleaning services in the Pentagon through Toys
for Tots of the Marine Corps. December 18-21, 2001.